Beef Quality Assurance UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Beef quality assurance - CORRECT ANSWER - - ensures quality meat
- leads to positive eating experience for the consumer
- ensures quality from conception to consumption
- process of figuring out what could go wrong, planning to avoid it and then validating and
documenting what you have done
History of BQA - CORRECT ANSWER - - *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state
What does QUALITY mean in BQA? - CORRECT ANSWER - - wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience
What is the BQA mission? - CORRECT ANSWER - - to maximize consumer confidence
and acceptance of beef by focusing the producers' attention to daily production practices that
influence safety, wholesomeness and quality of beef and beef products
What does BQA focus on? - CORRECT ANSWER - - care and husbandry
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
- injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping
, Care and husbandry practices - CORRECT ANSWER - - handle and transport in way to
minimize stress, injury and bruising
- inspect facilities to ensure proper care and husbandry
- keep feed and water handling equipment clean
- provide appropriate nutritional and feedstuff management
- maintain environment appropriate to production setting
- evaluating and enforcing biosecurity
What is the key with record keeping? - CORRECT ANSWER - - *must keep records for
MINIMUM of 2 YEARS* or longer by laws and regulations
Cattle behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - - need to teach cows HOW to behave
- need to anticipate how a cow is going to think and act
- separate cows from calves for processing
How to think like a cow - CORRECT ANSWER - - see like the cow = eliminate shadows
that prevent cattle from entering an area; cattle move towards LIGHT
- minimize loud noises
- understand FLIGHT ZONE
- natural tendencies = more efficient to move as a group; creatures of habit
Flight zone - CORRECT ANSWER - - aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle
Feedstuffs - CORRECT ANSWER - - maintain records of pesticides on pasture or crops
- create quality control program for incoming feedstuffs
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Beef quality assurance - CORRECT ANSWER - - ensures quality meat
- leads to positive eating experience for the consumer
- ensures quality from conception to consumption
- process of figuring out what could go wrong, planning to avoid it and then validating and
documenting what you have done
History of BQA - CORRECT ANSWER - - *beef safety assurance program*
- residue avoidance program
- early focus on injection site blemishes
- voluntary industry standards
- BQA programs customized by state
What does QUALITY mean in BQA? - CORRECT ANSWER - - wholesome and safe
- means providing a product to the consumer that delivers a desirable eating experience
What is the BQA mission? - CORRECT ANSWER - - to maximize consumer confidence
and acceptance of beef by focusing the producers' attention to daily production practices that
influence safety, wholesomeness and quality of beef and beef products
What does BQA focus on? - CORRECT ANSWER - - care and husbandry
- feedstuffs (including feed additives and medications)
- injectable animal health products
- processing, treatment and record-keeping
, Care and husbandry practices - CORRECT ANSWER - - handle and transport in way to
minimize stress, injury and bruising
- inspect facilities to ensure proper care and husbandry
- keep feed and water handling equipment clean
- provide appropriate nutritional and feedstuff management
- maintain environment appropriate to production setting
- evaluating and enforcing biosecurity
What is the key with record keeping? - CORRECT ANSWER - - *must keep records for
MINIMUM of 2 YEARS* or longer by laws and regulations
Cattle behavior - CORRECT ANSWER - - need to teach cows HOW to behave
- need to anticipate how a cow is going to think and act
- separate cows from calves for processing
How to think like a cow - CORRECT ANSWER - - see like the cow = eliminate shadows
that prevent cattle from entering an area; cattle move towards LIGHT
- minimize loud noises
- understand FLIGHT ZONE
- natural tendencies = more efficient to move as a group; creatures of habit
Flight zone - CORRECT ANSWER - - aka personal space
- aka point of balance
- not same for all cattle
- used to MOVE cattle
Feedstuffs - CORRECT ANSWER - - maintain records of pesticides on pasture or crops
- create quality control program for incoming feedstuffs
